Last hours of armed standoff play out online for listeners
By By Martha Bellisle The Associated Press The end of a nearly six-week-long standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge played out live on the Internet, with tens of thousands of people listening as...
View ArticleThings to do today: Feb. 12, 2016
COUNTRY FRIED with STEPHANIE SPINKS: 7 to 10 p.m. Cover $5. Elk River Community Center, 1047 Main St., Elkview. Call 304-965-3722. STAN MCDANIEL BAND: 6:30 p.m. Cover $5. West Side Jamboree, corner of...
View ArticleDebate Takeaways: Clinton, Sanders appeal to SC, Nevada
By By KEN THOMAS Associated PressMILWAUKEE (AP) - In the first Democratic presidential debate since Bernie Sanders' sweeping victory in New Hampshire's primary, the Vermont senator sought to build...
View ArticleTruck crashes into building in Cross Lanes
By Staff reports A pickup truck crashed into a building in the Cross Lanes area this morning, according to a Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatcher. It happened in the area of Kelly Road and Doc Bailey...
View ArticleEarly morning fire in Logan believed to be arson
By Staff reports Authorities suspect that an early morning fire in Logan was arson. The fire was reported at 555 Stratton St., an apartment building, at about 1:45 a.m. Friday, according to a 911...
View ArticlePre-Check temporary enrollment center at Bridgeport airport
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (AP) - Northern West Virginia residents will have a chance to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration's Pre-Check program through a temporary enrollment center at the...
View ArticleGuide helps communities deal with dilapidated properties
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law has published a free legal guide for dealing with dilapidated properties. Land Use and Sustainable Development Law...
View ArticleAround WV: Feb. 12, 2016
By Erin Beck In Around West Virginia today: theft from a historic black church, a summit on homelessness, military surplus equipment for Fairmont police, and more. n The National Park Service is...
View ArticleWV right-to-work, prevailing wage vetoes overridden
By David Gutman The West Virginia Legislature overrode Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's vetoes Friday of two highly contentious pieces of legislation that Republicans argue are pro-growth and Democrats argue...
View ArticleAtlantic Coast Pipeline alters route through national forests
By Rick Steelhammer Developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline plan to re-route more than 10 miles of the proposed 42-inch natural gas line out of the Monongahela and George Washington National...
View ArticleMisdemeanor pleas led judge to lenient Freedom sentences
By Ken Ward Jr. Former U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin is criticizing federal court rulings that have, so far, produced only one short jail sentence for any of the six former Freedom Industries owners and...
View ArticleNorovirus making the rounds in WV
By Lydia Nuzum A common winter bug is making the rounds in the Mountain State, and public health officials warn that the highly contagious disease can make its way through entire offices, schools and...
View ArticleACLU sues jail over water crisis response
By Kate White A lawsuit alleges that during the 2014 water crisis some inmates at South Central Regional Jail were so desperate for water they tried to drink from toilets. Many more allegations about...
View ArticleBudget cuts won't affect sheriff's patrol in eastern Kanawha County
By Daniel Desrochers Despite facing a 3 percent budget cut, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office won't be making any changes to law enforcement practices. Kanawha Chief Deputy Mike Rutherford was in...
View ArticleBig Brothers, Big Sisters partner with ChalleNGe Academy to aid at-risk youth
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central West Virginia are joining forces with the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy to help a growing number of West Virginia at-risk youth improve their chances for...
View ArticlePutnam teacher reflects on 60 years in classroom
By Laura Haight Amid the changes Winfield High School has seen over the last 60 years there has been one constant: Mary Jane Anderson has always been the warm face in Room 209. Affectionately known as...
View ArticleNew assistant bishop to speak during Lenten series
By Lori Kersey The new assistant bishop for the Episcopal Church of West Virginia and his wife will kick off an annual Lenten speaker series at a South Hills church on Wednesday. Bishop Mark Van...
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Photos: Towing on the River
Sixty-nine years old, and she is just as beautiful as she was the day she was christened in 1947. Possibly just as strong, if not stronger, with her twin diesels, she's 135 feet long, 28 feet wide and...
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